Alphaviruses

Clinical Virology: Third Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2022, Pages 1241-1274

  Smith, David W ^a   MacKenzie, John S ^b   Weaver, Scott C ^c  

^a PATHWEST LABORATORY MEDICINE   (Australia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Alphaviruses; Central nervous system (CNS); Pathogenesis

Indexed keywords

EID: 85152816703     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1128/9781555815981.ch54     Document Type: Chapter

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